The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.
There we're transferred over the Belt road last |
week 1926 cars. Belt road engines handled 760 |
carloads of live stock
The directors of the Illinois Central road have
declared dividend of 81 per cent. cash, paya-
BILE March l. The transferbooks close Feb H.
The FIVE Eastern lines this week forwarded
from this point 3.S42 loaded cars; increase over
number forwarded in the week preceding, $40
cars.
The governing committee of the New York
Stock Exchange has listed Indiana, Bloomington
& Western receipts issued by the trust COM
pany.
The FIVE Western lines last week brought into
this station H. SCI loaded cars. Increase over the
number received in the week preceding go
loadod cars.
Railroad managers of the cuttinerate type are
more concerned over the clause in the interstate
bill prohibiting paying rebates than over the
long and-short-haul section.
The Baltimore &c Ohio officials actively
preparing for the opening of traffic in Philadel-
phia on the Ist of next month. This looks like
Een6raf harmony OOeSp III:
1t is said that contracts have recently been
closed in Philadelphia for locomotives and steel
rails which will amount in the aggregate to 500
600 0O0 This is certaily good sendoff for 1887.
The freight traffic of the c., L. ST. L. & c.
road in the week ending the 22d was the largest
in the history Of the road, the average daily
movement on the system being !, luz cars per
day
The executive committee of tho Chicago 81
Ohio River pool will meet next Wednesday.
Among other business will be the consideration
of the practcability of maintaining the cairo,
or sixth pool
NJ Doherty commissioner Of the Indianapolis
east bound pool, has, within the last ten days,
been offered two responsible and high salariec
railroad positions. of which he will doubtless
take, us the days Of pools are on the wane.
Superintendent Mansfeld's annual report will
show that there were brought into Indianapolis
over the Indianapolis & Vincennes road in the
gear 1886 total of 1901 loaded cars, against
10000 in the year 1885. Increase last year 6.70l
loaded cars
C. w Fairbanks will in a day or two 20 East
ID hold conference with the purchasers OF the
Illinois Midland, the Terre Haute & Peoria
road and at the conference arrangements win
be...sade for the purchase of large lot of steel
rail-tand equipment for the road.
1t is inevitable The railroad companies, for
self. is-otection, will need now establish clear
ing uses at New York and several of the lead
ing " stern railroad centers. which will afford
more election to the roads of the country than
have pools in their palmiest days.
1t is thought to be quite proba BILE that Austin
Corbin will be elected president Of the Jersey
Central road. There lisa strong movement in
tbat disaction. If this thing keeps on he will
soon be president of as many miles of railways
as is George Roberts, OF the Pennsylvania sys
3em.
The construction department of the Pennsyl-
vania road reports that the Pennsylvania Schuy-
kill Valley road will be completed to Neseopre
on the northern and western branch by April l.
This will enable the company to ship anthracite
coal through to Philadelphia from the Nantcoke
and Klkoberre regions direct
The s. Louis Globe Democrat gives circula-
ton to a report in railroad circles there that Col
A. A. Tamage will very likely soon retire from
the general managershp of the Wabash railroad
west of the Mississippi river, and that Coi Rob
ert Andrews will succeed him. The only reason
assigned for the change is that of remuneration.
E. L. Ryder. an old Ohio e. Mississippi man,
has been appointed tranmaster of the Airline
division of the L., N. A. e c., between Chi
--ssgo and Indianapolis. with headquarters at Mo-
non. Gen Howard will remain in charge of the
main line between GAINESVILLE and Michigan City
as trainmaster, including branches of the main
line, with headquarters at Lafayette.
"A consolidation Of Peoria. Decatur 6 Evans
vile and Evansville & Terre Haute, the basis
of two shares of the stock of the former to one
of the latter, is favored by Mr. Mackay the
With his co-drectors, now controls the other
line. The two lines form O. V. whose point is
reached when they meet at the same station at
Evansville.
Complaints of Western railroad officials says
the Boston Advertiser. of the detention of
freight cars in New England, crop out occa.
sionaly and just at present the Erie Dispatch
line is said to have 400 idle in New Eng.
land territory. The delays of foreign steamers
may have aggravated the trouble at this partic
ular time, but the roads may be trusted to rid
themselves rapidly possible of idle cars.
At the meeting of the Middle and Western
classification committees it was decided to ad
vance freight rates from Buffalo, Pittsburg and
Cleveland to associate points after Feb. /, and
also that rates from other points be increased
correspondingy. The percentages of increase
were not fixed. The propositon to remove Sec
rotary Orr's Office from Toledo to Chicago was
laid over until the next meeting which is to take
place at Pittsburg early in March.
e Fl. Fudge and Joseph Lathrop, of Chicago
supposedly representing the Chicago Burling
ton & Quincy road, have had q consultation
with r. B. Price, the principal owner of the
Columbia branch of the Wabash, at Columbia
Mo-, in reference to a projected road from Chi
cago to Springfield, Mo-, via Hannibal, which
road will want to the track Of the Wabash
branch if satisfactory arrangements can b.
made. The proposed lire contempates taking
in Columbia and Boonville and intermediate
points.
The more the interstate-commerce bill is ex
ahmed, anu us prominent features brought out
the more important does it seem that able mel
DE appointed commissioners, and the more evi
dent does it become that 81 500 per annum will
no. command the class of men who will max,
the bill benefit to the business public and still
prevent the roads suffering through its provis
ions The railroad commissioners of England
are paid large salaries. and when the commission
was formed it was suggested that the chairma,
of the commission should be paid f6, 900 per an
num-
Every day makes il more and more eviden
that the Adams and the American express com
panies with the assistance of the Erie and tn
Baltimore & Ohio express companies. have un
dertaken to freeze out the United States com